Participants Seeking Positions
The following women seek faculty or postdoctoral positions to begin in 2026. We provide this listing for informational purposes only. The listing is not exhaustive (candidates are listed by their request), and information is provided by the candidates themselves. Click on a candidate's name to be linked to her website. If you would like to be listed as a job candidate on our site, or would like to change or remove your listing, please complete this form. If you have any questions, feel free to contact WICS.
Dana Abu-Haltam, (Ph.D., University of Tennessee, Knoxville, expected 2026)
Dissertation: Abandoning A Friend? Middle Eastern North African Countries’ Behavior Towards China's Rise Amid U.S. Dominance
Dipali Anumol, (Ph.D., Tufts University , expected 2026)
Dissertation: Spectacularity, Grievability, and Survivance: The Politics of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence and Feminist Activism in India
Emine Ari, (Ph.D., Koc University, Istanbul, 2022)
Dissertation: State of emergency and international alignment behaviors: Origins and implications
Margaret Avera, (Ph.D., University of New Mexico, expected 2026)
Dissertation: Sexual Violence by Government Security Forces: Leaders, Institutions, and Culture
Hannah E. Bagdanov, (Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, expected 2026)
Dissertation: Everyday forms of Engagement with the State: State-Legitimacy, Social Ties, and the Pursuit of Welfare in Israel/Palestine
María Ballesteros, (Ph.D., Harvard University, expected 2026)
Dissertation: Essays on Postwar State-Building
Richa Bhattarai, (Ph.D., Kennesaw State University, 2025)
Dissertation: Containment or Alignment in Foreign Policy? Analyzing Conditions for U.S.-Iran Convergence in Counterterrorism Diplomacy for Middle Eastern Stability
Sarah Burke, (Ph.D., University of California, Irvine, 2025)
Dissertation: The Reproductive Rights Effect: How Reproductive Policy Affects Women’s Political Representation and Militarization
Natalie Chwalisz, (Ph.D., American University, 2024)
Dissertation: Resilience in the Face of Peril: Three papers on Clandestine Migration
Perisa Davutoglu, (Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, expected 2026)
Dissertation: Three Essays on Refugee Repatriation
Xiao Ding, (Ph.D., University of Arizona, expected 2026)
Dissertation: From Conflict to Control: Regime Resilience and Governmental Labeling in Authoritarian China
Naela Elmore, (Ph.D., UT Dallas, expected 2026)
Dissertation: Resistance Reimagined: Digital Tools, Physical Spaces, and the Evolution of State Repression in SWANA
Do Young Gong, (Ph.D., University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, expected 2026)
Dissertation: When Barracks Meet Battlefields: Coups and Civil Wars
Kasia Houghton, (Ph.D., University of St Andrews, 2024)
Dissertation: Peacemongering: Russian Intervention in the Syrian Conflict
Alexis Jenson, (Ph.D., University of California, Irvine, expected 2026)
Dissertation: Gender, Sexuality, and the Aesthetics of Peace and Conflict in Northern Ireland’s Visual Arts Community
Merve Keskin, (Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, 2025)
Dissertation: The Logic and Consequences of Local Peace Agreements in Civil Wars
Latife Kınay Kılıç, (Ph.D., Bilkent University, 2024)
Dissertation: How do States Respond to External Support of Rebel Groups? The Response to Sponsorship Dataset (RSD) and Determinants of Target Responses
Jiyoon Kim, (Ph.D., Ohio State University, expected 2026)
Dissertation: The Emotional Pulse of Foreign Policy: Status, Emotions, and Policy Preferences
Jiyoung Kim, (Ph.D., University of California Los Angeles, 2025)
Dissertation: Drought of Tolerance: Climate Change and Intergroup Conflict in Africa
Megan Kurten, (Ph.D., American University, 2025)
Dissertation: Logic of Crackdown on Organized Crime: How International and Electoral Vulnerability Conditions Enforcement
San Lee, (Ph.D., University of Connecticut, expected 2026)
Dissertation: Advancing LGBTQIA+ Rights: The Use of International Human Rights Treaties and Mechanisms
Shanshan Lian, (Ph.D., University of Georgia, 2023)
Dissertation: The Dynamics and Effects of the "Closing Space" of Civil Society
Veronica Lion, (Ph.D., Bar Ilan University, 2024)
Dissertation: New perspectives on contemporary women’s peace movements in Israel – the case study of Women Wage Peace
Thao-Nguyen Ha, (Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, expected 2026)
Dissertation: Three Essays on Complex Interactions in Civil Wars
Johanna Reyes Ortega, (Ph.D., UC Berkeley, expected 2026)
Dissertation: Promises and Perils: Women's Incorporation into Revolutionary Regimes
Soyeon Park, (Ph.D., Michigan State University, expected 2026)
Dissertation: Evolving Human Rights: Overlaps, Changing Interpretations, and the Strategic Behavior of Victims
Sinduja Raja, (Ph.D., University of Denver, expected 2026)
Dissertation: Social movements and democratic renewal: communities reshaping the state in Mexico and India
Manaswini Ramkumar, (Ph.D., School of International Service, American University, 2024)
Dissertation: Call of Duty: Military Responses to Undemocratic Leadership
L. Allison Roberts, (Ph.D., University. of Portsmouth, 2020)
Dissertation: Life after Traumatic Injury: Narratives of Embodiment and Identity of United Kingdom Ex-service Personnel
Alisson Rowland, (Ph.D., University of California, Irvine, 2025)
Dissertation: Sex Worker Activism and the Regulatory Liminality of Rights
Megan Ryan, (Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2025)
Dissertation: Coercion, Conflict, and Coups: The Challenges of Democratization from Military Rule
Bolanle Oluwatosin Salau, (Ph.D., Michigan State University, expected 2026)
Dissertation: Beyond Victims and Pawns: Civilian Agency in War and Conflict Dynamics
Anntiana Maral Sabeti, (Ph.D., Arizona State University, expected 2024)
Dissertation: Understanding the Omission of Women and Gender in Peacebuilding post UNSCR 1325
Hatti Sellers, (Ph.D., Louisiana State University, 2025)
Dissertation: Framed by Exclusion: Gender Disparities in DDR Programs
Ipek Ece Sener, (Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis, 2024)
Dissertation: Three Essays on Dissident Behavior, Militant Propaganda and Support for Militancy
Kimberly Shella, (Ph.D., Southern Illinois University Carbondale, expected 2025)
Dissertation: Crisis Candidacies: Electoral Losses, Ethnic Protests, Party Scandals and the Rise and Decline of Non-Western Party Leaders, Ministers, and Candidates in the West
Anya Stewart, (Ph.D., UC Davis, expected 2026)
Dissertation: Rule by Sword: Developing Definitions, Analyzing Institutional Roots, and Examining Consequences of Martial Law
Annjulie Vester, (Ph.D., UC Santa Barbara, expected 2026)
Dissertation: Banking on Independence or Insecurity: Understanding Rebel Monetary Governance
Taylor Vincent, (Ph.D., University of Maryland, 2025)
Dissertation: Political Elite Competition and Post-Conflict Gender Equality
Wendy Wagner, (Ph.D., University of California San Diego, expected 2026)
Dissertation: No War, Yet No Peace: How States and Armed Groups Coexist
Adee Weller, (Ph.D., Emory University, expected 2026)
Dissertation: Empires of Blood and Ruin: How Criminal Violence Shaped Colonial Rule in India
Stephanie Wright, (Ph.D., Duke University, expected 2026)
Dissertation: Recognition, Identity, and Conflict: The Politics of Recognizing Ethnic Groups in Post-Conflict Contexts
Dissertation: Abandoning A Friend? Middle Eastern North African Countries’ Behavior Towards China's Rise Amid U.S. Dominance
Dipali Anumol, (Ph.D., Tufts University , expected 2026)
Dissertation: Spectacularity, Grievability, and Survivance: The Politics of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence and Feminist Activism in India
Emine Ari, (Ph.D., Koc University, Istanbul, 2022)
Dissertation: State of emergency and international alignment behaviors: Origins and implications
Margaret Avera, (Ph.D., University of New Mexico, expected 2026)
Dissertation: Sexual Violence by Government Security Forces: Leaders, Institutions, and Culture
Hannah E. Bagdanov, (Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, expected 2026)
Dissertation: Everyday forms of Engagement with the State: State-Legitimacy, Social Ties, and the Pursuit of Welfare in Israel/Palestine
María Ballesteros, (Ph.D., Harvard University, expected 2026)
Dissertation: Essays on Postwar State-Building
Richa Bhattarai, (Ph.D., Kennesaw State University, 2025)
Dissertation: Containment or Alignment in Foreign Policy? Analyzing Conditions for U.S.-Iran Convergence in Counterterrorism Diplomacy for Middle Eastern Stability
Sarah Burke, (Ph.D., University of California, Irvine, 2025)
Dissertation: The Reproductive Rights Effect: How Reproductive Policy Affects Women’s Political Representation and Militarization
Natalie Chwalisz, (Ph.D., American University, 2024)
Dissertation: Resilience in the Face of Peril: Three papers on Clandestine Migration
Perisa Davutoglu, (Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, expected 2026)
Dissertation: Three Essays on Refugee Repatriation
Xiao Ding, (Ph.D., University of Arizona, expected 2026)
Dissertation: From Conflict to Control: Regime Resilience and Governmental Labeling in Authoritarian China
Naela Elmore, (Ph.D., UT Dallas, expected 2026)
Dissertation: Resistance Reimagined: Digital Tools, Physical Spaces, and the Evolution of State Repression in SWANA
Do Young Gong, (Ph.D., University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, expected 2026)
Dissertation: When Barracks Meet Battlefields: Coups and Civil Wars
Kasia Houghton, (Ph.D., University of St Andrews, 2024)
Dissertation: Peacemongering: Russian Intervention in the Syrian Conflict
Alexis Jenson, (Ph.D., University of California, Irvine, expected 2026)
Dissertation: Gender, Sexuality, and the Aesthetics of Peace and Conflict in Northern Ireland’s Visual Arts Community
Merve Keskin, (Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, 2025)
Dissertation: The Logic and Consequences of Local Peace Agreements in Civil Wars
Latife Kınay Kılıç, (Ph.D., Bilkent University, 2024)
Dissertation: How do States Respond to External Support of Rebel Groups? The Response to Sponsorship Dataset (RSD) and Determinants of Target Responses
Jiyoon Kim, (Ph.D., Ohio State University, expected 2026)
Dissertation: The Emotional Pulse of Foreign Policy: Status, Emotions, and Policy Preferences
Jiyoung Kim, (Ph.D., University of California Los Angeles, 2025)
Dissertation: Drought of Tolerance: Climate Change and Intergroup Conflict in Africa
Megan Kurten, (Ph.D., American University, 2025)
Dissertation: Logic of Crackdown on Organized Crime: How International and Electoral Vulnerability Conditions Enforcement
San Lee, (Ph.D., University of Connecticut, expected 2026)
Dissertation: Advancing LGBTQIA+ Rights: The Use of International Human Rights Treaties and Mechanisms
Shanshan Lian, (Ph.D., University of Georgia, 2023)
Dissertation: The Dynamics and Effects of the "Closing Space" of Civil Society
Veronica Lion, (Ph.D., Bar Ilan University, 2024)
Dissertation: New perspectives on contemporary women’s peace movements in Israel – the case study of Women Wage Peace
Thao-Nguyen Ha, (Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, expected 2026)
Dissertation: Three Essays on Complex Interactions in Civil Wars
Johanna Reyes Ortega, (Ph.D., UC Berkeley, expected 2026)
Dissertation: Promises and Perils: Women's Incorporation into Revolutionary Regimes
Soyeon Park, (Ph.D., Michigan State University, expected 2026)
Dissertation: Evolving Human Rights: Overlaps, Changing Interpretations, and the Strategic Behavior of Victims
Sinduja Raja, (Ph.D., University of Denver, expected 2026)
Dissertation: Social movements and democratic renewal: communities reshaping the state in Mexico and India
Manaswini Ramkumar, (Ph.D., School of International Service, American University, 2024)
Dissertation: Call of Duty: Military Responses to Undemocratic Leadership
L. Allison Roberts, (Ph.D., University. of Portsmouth, 2020)
Dissertation: Life after Traumatic Injury: Narratives of Embodiment and Identity of United Kingdom Ex-service Personnel
Alisson Rowland, (Ph.D., University of California, Irvine, 2025)
Dissertation: Sex Worker Activism and the Regulatory Liminality of Rights
Megan Ryan, (Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2025)
Dissertation: Coercion, Conflict, and Coups: The Challenges of Democratization from Military Rule
Bolanle Oluwatosin Salau, (Ph.D., Michigan State University, expected 2026)
Dissertation: Beyond Victims and Pawns: Civilian Agency in War and Conflict Dynamics
Anntiana Maral Sabeti, (Ph.D., Arizona State University, expected 2024)
Dissertation: Understanding the Omission of Women and Gender in Peacebuilding post UNSCR 1325
Hatti Sellers, (Ph.D., Louisiana State University, 2025)
Dissertation: Framed by Exclusion: Gender Disparities in DDR Programs
Ipek Ece Sener, (Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis, 2024)
Dissertation: Three Essays on Dissident Behavior, Militant Propaganda and Support for Militancy
Kimberly Shella, (Ph.D., Southern Illinois University Carbondale, expected 2025)
Dissertation: Crisis Candidacies: Electoral Losses, Ethnic Protests, Party Scandals and the Rise and Decline of Non-Western Party Leaders, Ministers, and Candidates in the West
Anya Stewart, (Ph.D., UC Davis, expected 2026)
Dissertation: Rule by Sword: Developing Definitions, Analyzing Institutional Roots, and Examining Consequences of Martial Law
Annjulie Vester, (Ph.D., UC Santa Barbara, expected 2026)
Dissertation: Banking on Independence or Insecurity: Understanding Rebel Monetary Governance
Taylor Vincent, (Ph.D., University of Maryland, 2025)
Dissertation: Political Elite Competition and Post-Conflict Gender Equality
Wendy Wagner, (Ph.D., University of California San Diego, expected 2026)
Dissertation: No War, Yet No Peace: How States and Armed Groups Coexist
Adee Weller, (Ph.D., Emory University, expected 2026)
Dissertation: Empires of Blood and Ruin: How Criminal Violence Shaped Colonial Rule in India
Stephanie Wright, (Ph.D., Duke University, expected 2026)
Dissertation: Recognition, Identity, and Conflict: The Politics of Recognizing Ethnic Groups in Post-Conflict Contexts